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“There isn’t”

“But you haven’t even ly, fat and old”

Ugly, fat and old I wished that were the only features of Luca I had to worry about “Let’s google him There have to be photos of him on the internet”

Gianna jumped up and took my laptop froainst each other

We found several photos and articles about Luca He had the coldest gray eyes I’d ever seen I could iine only too well how those eyes looked down at his victims before he put a bullet in their heads

“He’s taller than everyone,” Gianna said in amazement He was; in all the photos he was several inches taller than whoever stood beside him, and he was muscled That probably explained why some people called him the Bull behind his back That was the nickname the articles used and they called him the heir of businessman and club owner Salvatore Vitiello Businessman Maybe on the outside Everybody knehat Salvatore Vitiello really was, but of course nobody was stupid enough to write about it

“He’s with a new girl in every photo”

I stared down at the emotionless face of ht after bachelor in New York, heir to hundreds of millions of dollars Heir to an imperium of death and blood, that’s what it should say

Gianna huffed “God, girls are throwing the”

“They can have him,” I said bitterly In our world a handsoirls saw his good looks and wealth They thought the bad boy aura was a game They fawned over his predator-like charisma because it radiated power But what they didn’t knoas that blood and death lurked beneath the arrogant smile

I stood abruptly “I need to talk to Umberto”

Umberto was almost fifty and uard He knew everything about everyone Mother called hier But if anyone knew more about Luca, it was Umberto

“He beca his knife on a grinder as he did every day The sive me a sense of comfort as it usually did

“At eleven?” I asked, trying to keep my voice even Most people didn’t become fully initiated members of the Mafia until they were sixteen “Because of his father?”

Uold incisor, and paused in his ot it easy because he’s the Boss’s son? He killed his first man at eleven, that’s why it was decided to initiate him early”

Gianna gasped “He’s a monster”

U over New York, you can’t be a pussy” He gave an apologetic smile “A wuss”